David Gordon HAMILTON

[Ctucci]

Wow Sue you are a wealth of knowledge I will definitely look into all this! Thanks so much for your help, I’m like a newborn baby in terms of all these investigation stuff! I’m assuming Cissie is Cecilia?

[sparrett]

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Meantime.
Leonard , Cecilia's father joined the forces in WW2.
You can read his digitised file at
https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/

Type in his name.

There is a picture in it. Attached here
Sue

[Ctucci]

Hi Sue! I did reply earlier today but it says it’s still waiting on a moderator to approve?

My message was “ Wow Sue you are a wealth of knowledge I will definitely look into all this! Thanks so much for your help, I’m like a newborn baby in terms of all these investigation stuff! I’m assuming Cissie is Cecilia?”

[sparrett]

Hi
About the wait time.  Sometimes things do get a little stuck in the system.  Our wonderful voluntary moderators are very busy people. To protect us all from any misuse/abuse  of the forum, new users' very early posts are sometimes held over for review before publishing (just in case...)

All good now though.

Yes, it seems Ceilia preferred to be known as Cissie, Cess etc.

Early in the thread, I do  see judb posted a death notice where she is referred to as Cec.

I think the two variations in her name, both her first and surname (GOVER not  GLOVER) are what has hindered earlier successs in researching her.

I can't find what happened to her brother Ronald.

I'll keep looking.

Sue

[Ctucci]

Thanks Sue! I went down a big rabbit hole yesterday after your help and I’m pretty sure Cecilia’s mother was born Florence eleanor SECKER in December 1886 to father James ford SECKER. Then I think she might have been married in June 1908 to a someone HANSEN before marrying Leonard GOVER in September 1918. I got most of this from the register lists and Ben websites though so cannot confirm without getting the certificates I suppose. I also seen something interesting on the NAA website you showed me on Leonard GOVER. The document of the war graves commission seems to list and F. E. Bowers from 306 Surrey Road, Kewdale WA as the next of kin listed as a “friend”. I looked into this but I think Florence passed in 1971 and Leonard seems to have passed in 1974.

[sparrett]

Yes, I would agree with your findings.
The Hanson marriage (FreeBMD UK)
 
June quarter 1908
HANSON George Walter
SECKER Florence Eleanor 
At  B. Stortford 3a1171

By 1911 they have not had any children.

However in 1915, this birth.
 
Births Sep quarter 1915   
 
HANSON Ronald G V
Mother SECKER
At Lambeth
1d/766

It looks like Cecilia was actually registered as Cissie
Sept quarter 1920

GOVER Cissie  L.
mother  SECKER
At Lambeth
 1d   875

I wonder what happend to George and when he ceased being with Florence.
A war casualty maybe.

Do you wantt to say where do you descend in the family?

Sue

[sparrett]

Yes, it looks like Ronald used the surname HANSON after arrival in WA.
Perhaps it was just easier to put him under the GOVER name as a 7 year old on the shipping arrival.


From the Electoral Rol n WA I see..
By 1949, he was a married man living in North Perth. A woodyard proprietor named Ronald George Vane HANSON at 174 Vincent Street.

Sue

[Ctucci]

Wow I feel like this complete road block for my whole life is all finally getting somewhere! And mostly seems to be as a result of this site and some amazing people willing to help so readily!

Cecilia and David HAMILTONS daughter Yvonne is my grandmother (through my mother) She grew up in the ballarat orphanage, victoria, but never spoke about family other than a few of her siblings so I never knew anything more about my lineage. My mother doesn’t know much either. I would have disclosed this earlier but I wasn’t sure if I was allowed to.

I don’t know how people can just go about their lives being content without knowing this information! lol 

[Ctucci]

Also really good to know about Ronald because I was really starting to wonder what happened to him!